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13/09/2023

Commencing September 2023, Shaw Trust are extending their Work and Health Programme (WHP) with ‘WHP Pioneer,’ part of the DWP’s Universal Support employment programme announced in the 2023 Spring Budget to support people into work.WHP Pioneer aims to support around 8,000 people through opening up sustainable pathways to employment utilising key elements of a place and train model. WHP Pioneer is a welcome addition to the Work and Health Programme which launched in March 2018 and has already helped over

Marking the International Day of Charity

05/09/2023

Charity is the heart of us. Shaw Trust began as a small charity finding employment for disabled people in 1982. Today, we are a national charity that remains committed to finding good employment as a core pathway to a better life. This International Day of Charity, we’re reflecting on some of our successes from 2021/22. Overall, we’ve supported 335,000 people. That includes 64,539 unemployed people, 98,000 young people, 1,047 people trained in better mental health and resilience, 1,418 people supported by our

Pioneering a new approach to children’s social care in Somerset

24/08/2023

The children’s care system is broken.While there are staff across the country going the extra mile to provide children with the best possible support they need, it’s obvious to anyone connected to children’s social care or leading local authority services that the system isn’t working.Pre-pandemic, services nationally were creaking under pressure as we supported 78,150 children in 2019; post pandemic, the number of complex cases and specialist requirements for children in care has grown by 5% to 82,170, more than

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Somerset Children in Care celebrated at annual awards

27/07/2023

The outstanding achievements of Somerset’s children and young people were celebrated at an awards ceremony at Taunton Rugby Club on Tuesday 25 July. The event, which was attended by celebrated author, poet and care leaver Lemn Sissay OBE, was organised by care experienced young people from the Somerset In Care and Somerset Leaving Care Council (SiCC and SLCC). Young people were praised for their enthusiasm in learning, reading and in lessons, their performances in school plays, music and sports, and

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Disability Power 100 influencer hosts new show for Swan TV

20/07/2023

Disability Power 100 influencer and Shaw Trust Accessibility Services colleague, Lee Ellery, has recently been working on his new show “In the spotlight with Lee Ellery” on Swan TV. The show will cover all aspects of disability issues, primarily focusing on success and achievements, overcoming barriers and providing disability news.Freelance writer Ciaran Fitzgerald and actress Cara Jayne Readle joined Lee for episode one which was released at the end of June. This chat was based on the lack of representation

Donated Chelsea Flower Show Exhibition Garden attracts media

06/07/2023

For the last month one of our homes in Nottinghamshire has been getting a garden redesign as the building materials from the Savills Plot to Plate Chelsea Flower Show Silver Gilt winning exhibition garden have been transported from London up the M1.The donation was made possible following a meeting with Chris Luck, and has been in the planning for more than nine months. But now, fully planted and repurposed by garden landscaper, Gillian Goodson, the children living in the home

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The Shaw Trust Foundation team at Parallel Windsor

05/07/2023

On July 2, a team from the Shaw Trust Foundation joined forces in Windsor, at the ground-breaking Festival of Inclusivity – Parallel Windsor.The team were there to raise awareness about the Disability Power 100 and the Foundation\’s disability advocacy work. We spoke to lots of festival goers about the DP100, signed people up to receive our campaign updates, and gave press-on tattoos with our campaign slogan – #DemandTheChange.During the day, we were joined by lots of our Disability Power 100 influencers,

Homes and Horizons project wins prestigious MJ Award

26/06/2023

Homes and Horizons colleagues from Somerset Council, Shaw Trust and the NHS in Somerset are celebrating after winning a prestigious Municipal Journal (MJ) Award for a partnership project delivering children’s homes across Somerset.The MJ awards is the biggest annual awards ceremony for local government and announced winners at a live ceremony in London on 23 June 2023. Somerset Council and its partners – care providers Homes2Inspire (part of national charity, Shaw Trust) and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust – won the ‘Innovation in

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Breaking down communication barriers this Deaf Awareness Week

03/05/2023

When the music stopped and Rose Ayling-Ellis and her dance partner continued to dance on Strictly millions of viewers were given a short, but effective, insight into Deaf Awareness by the number one winner of the Shaw Trust 2022 Disability Power 100. This work continues across the UK for Deaf Awareness Week which promotes greater awareness and understanding of the challenges faced by the Deaf community in accessing communication. The theme highlights the need for breaking down the communication barriers

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Work to Recovery service awarded

26/04/2023

We are pleased to announce that Work to Recovery has been awarded the new national Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Grow Quality Mark.